Which way do you face?

Since I have been having to drive in early to school, I have been blessed with the amazing opportunity to watch the many beautiful rising of the sun. I am so grateful for these wonderful gifts from God. This world is just full of them. I have been privileged to travel to a few different places here in the states, and just in this country alone there are many beautiful canvas the Lord has used to paint such magnificent landscapes. With this earth being filled with such wonderful creations, how do we ever forget who made them?
In this recent General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Elder Robbins spoke about which way you face. Where do you put your attention to? On you drive to work or school, what do you look forward to seeing? As you are walking down the street, what are you focused on? As you live through your life, what is your ultimate goal?
While on my mission I met a young man at the ward's Christmas party, I can't remember his name, and I can't remember really anything about him from that night. But only a few weeks later, we learned that he had been shot and killed at the grocery store just down the road from our apartment. He wasn't a member of the church, but he had been an impact for good to some of the members of the ward. The day he was killed I witnessed a miracle, I witnessed a tender mercy of the Lord. Normally at that time of day my companion and I would have been riding our bikes through the parking lot where this young man was killed. On this day we had an appointment with a less active member. The Lord is watching out for each and everyone of us. I don't know why the Lord let this young man be killed that day, but I do know that He is continually watching over us. He loves each and everyone of us, and He knows so much more than us.

I challenge you all to know which way you are facing. If you come to realize that you don't like the way you are facing, then make a change! The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of joy and happiness. The message of the gospel isn't there to scare us, but to invite us to come into the fold of God, and receive rest! I know Jesus Christ loves us, I know He suffered for us. I know that He has felt every pain and sorrow we have and ever will go through. He wants us to have peace, but He can't force it upon us.
I challenge you all that before you make a rude remark about someone, think of at least one reason why God loves that person!

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